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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
4
Willkie hands New Deal jobs to Decatur
Decatur faces industry driven growth as political pressures push for new deals and job creation. Voters and local leaders weigh expectations while the community emphasizes forward looking plans and confidence in local initiatives.
Huntsville Seeks Anniston Baseball Franchise For Season
The note reports Huntsville interest in acquiring the Anniston Baseball franchise for the remainder of the season. Transportation and travel implications are discussed as the schedule assumed Anniston’s membership, with scholarship and draft age issues affecting college players and potential impact on teams.
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Bouthed Stern
Efet
Huntsville
Anniston
Annis
Seville
Retirement of Louis Johnson as assistant secretary
Washington rumor says President will call Louis Johnson back as presidential aide amid debate on compulsory service for training an army. Washington dispatch notes Rep Thomason supported the principle but urged ensuring wartime need justifies legislation. Brigadier General Shedd warned against ignoring expert advice as essential to national plans.
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Louis Johnson
Stephen
Johnson
Washington
Conness
Congress
legis‘Oe
Othr
Thomason
D. Tex
Iid
Gene William § Shedd
assistaDt
Army
Cattle Theft Fraught with Pressure to End Losses
Local counties report ongoing cattle stealing and vow swift action to end the losses. Officials acknowledge widespread damage and aim to halt thefts quickly.
Weathered Rainfall Provokes Grim Berlin Bombing Talk
A historic note debates if aerial pamphlets from Britain in the early war era presaged present fears of deadly attacks on the German capital. The piece weighs defenses and the moral parallels amid wartime rumor and speculation.
Editorial concerns over Airline and Bee Line highways
A Huntsville editorialist, Reese Amis, advocates for the Airline highway No 98 and urges continued focus on the Bee Line. The Daily notes the two routes compete for funds and emphasizes completing the Airline while rebuilding the Bee Line, reflecting Alabama needs for both corridors.
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Reese
Reese Amis
Hunteville
Bis State
The
Decatur Daily
Morgan County
Sherlock
Huntsville
Birmingham
Limestone
Morgan
Cullman
Alabama
Highway Department
South
Bee.technes
Department of Public Roads
Nashville
Madison
Marshall
Willkie's utility views echo pre1920 practices in 1930s debate
Washington reports on Willkie testifying before Congress five years ago praising some holding company reforms while condemning upstream loans and old write ups. The piece contrasts him with Insull era practices and notes contemporaries view him as a new dealer rather than an Insull type executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Commonwealth
Southern
TVA
David Lillenthal
Wisconsin
National Commission
Federal Commission
Roosevelt
Hoover
TVA Attourney Claims Willkie Raised Property Prices
A TVA attorney told congressmen that Willkie, former Indiana attorney, was the sharpest contact TVA had, and pressed against lower Commonwealth and Southern properties sold to the government. Lilienthal supposedly set a bargain price but Willkie boosted it by 20 million dollars through public speeches and protests that sparked popular reaction against TVA, forcing Lilienthal to concede to stop Willkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Lilienthal
Millkie
Bellevue residents complain of late curfew alarm
Pittsburgh July 26 report that a nine pm curfew in Bellevue area was cut back after townsfolk complained the alarm blast woke residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Mad Dog rabies and public health advice column
The column discusses rabies risk and animal observation after bites, urging examination of the animal for ten days, immediate treatment for bites, and cautious use of vaccines and treatments. It also features reader questions and jokes, with a long digression on safe practices and humorous anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Health Department
Fragmented Newspaper Snippet Echoes Satire and Astronomy
A fragmented page section blends light humor and science notes. It cites lines about the Atlantic Ocean and war, a Decatur gag about milk diet, a Morse code riddle, and a student astronomy scene, ending with a bold prompt about Hitler Mussolini and Stalin.
Dr Clendening Sells Seven Health Pamphlets For Ten Cents Each
Readers can obtain seven pamphlets from Dr Logan Clendening by mail. Each pamphlet costs 10 cents, with a self addressed stamped envelope and three cent stamp required. Titles include Three Weeks’ Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Harvard sociologist warns on future of American power
A Harvard sociologist stated that for the United States to remain a first rate power, the nation must address changing family structures in the modern era. He connected family size to social and economic dynamics, urging policy considerations.
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Cambridge
Mass
America
Harvard
Broadway Gossip Mix of Dancers and Stars
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes Ramon from Sally Rand's troupe amid tempers and romance. Helen Hayes plans Twelfth Night in fall. Lucius Beebe and others appear in playful jabs. Petrillo eyes a fall musicians strike. Eleanor Troy in Hollywood. union venturing into pay scales. Yorkville crowd praises Americanism led by John Patrick Egan.
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New York
Ramon
Sally Rand
Sally
Mexico
Walter Wanger
Broadway
Lone Wanger
Helen Hayes
Shakespeare
Lucius Beebe
Lucius Wilts
Gere Tunney
Henri Bernstein
Ben Bernie
Rubinoff
Rudy Vallee
Zos
Connie Braun
W. Kaltenborn
Benny Goodman
Eleanor Troy
Hollywood
T. Manville
Lyn Janice
Paramount
Laddler
Polly
Petrillo
Alice Thompson
Denver
Brandon Peters
Miriam Hopkins
Cotton Club
Family Forming Four-Child Plan Faces Community Debate
A proposal to require families to have four children instead of two garners mixed responses. Advocates say it could stabilize population while opponents warn of ethical concerns and personal liberty implications. Local officials weigh cultural impact and long term demographic effects.
Nonsense Night Spots and Pop Culture Notes
A fragment lists acts and venues: New Yorchids with Chandra Kaly dancers at the Riviera. The Information Please short with El mer Davis. The seven inch hot dogs at Century Cabin Briarcliff. Beverly Roberts at Versailles. Wings Over América by Alice Rogers Ha ger due July 30. Pete Smith short How to Snare a Husband at the Rialto. The Great McGinty at Paramount. Nathan’s on Surf Avenue Coney Island. peach or strawberry daiquiri at the Stork.
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Chandra Kaly
Riviera
Elmer Davis
Century Cabin
Route 100
Briarcliff
N. Y
Beverly Roberts
Versailles
Rialto
Paramount
McGinty
Nathan’s
Surf Ave
Coney Island
West
Stork
Uncertain Showbiz Riff Spars Navy Ticker Tape
A garbled Times Square column notes C 8S Dillard losing teeth at the Fair in New Orleans and mentions Navy return directions. It hints at marriages and theater projects, with references to Jolson Falkenberg Drew Case Watts and a Palo Alto play, plus political chatter and a Harrisburg publisher scandal.
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Times Square
Navy
Dillard
New Orleans
USS Hatfield
Navy Yard
Boston
Jolson
Jinx Falkenberg
Ann
DuBarry
Graham
Art Jarrett
Saroyan
Nathan
Watts
Leon Pearson
Drew
Congressman
Palo Alto
Kathryn Case
Diamond Horshoe
Duke McHale
Joe Lawrence
Hooc
Dep’t of Justice
Harrisburg
Lincoln
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